Counties in Kansas by average annual temperature

Sumner County had the highest average annual temperature of 105 counties in 2014, at 56.8 °F. Nemaha County had the lowest, at 50.6 °F. The median was 53.8 °F and the figure for Kansas was 53.7 °F. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Highest56.8Sumner County

Lowest50.6Nemaha County

Median53.8105 counties

Kansas53.7History

Map of counties, 2014

Under 52
52 to 53
53 to 54
54 to 55
55 and over

°F, 2014. Source: NOAA NCEI, NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, counties. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2014

°F. Source: NOAA NCEI, NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, counties. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2014 °F	Change on 2013
1	Sumner County	56.8	+0.7%
2	Harper County	56.4	+0.7%
3	Montgomery County	56.2	-0.4%
4	Barber County	56	+0.4%
4	Sedgwick County	56	+0.7%
6	Chautauqua County	55.9	+0.4%
6	Cowley County	55.9	+0.4%
6	Labette County	55.9	-0.5%
9	Clark County	55.8	-0.5%
9	Comanche County	55.8	+0.2%
11	Cherokee County	55.7	-1.2%
12	Seward County	55.5	+0.2%
12	Wilson County	55.5	+0.2%
14	Meade County	55.4	-0.9%
15	Morton County	55.3	+0.5%
16	Crawford County	55.2	-0.9%
16	Kingman County	55.2	+0.4%
16	Stevens County	55.2	+0.4%
19	Neosho County	55.1	-0.2%
20	Bourbon County	54.9	-0.5%
20	Elk County	54.9	+0.2%
20	Woodson County	54.9	+0.2%
23	Harvey County	54.8	+0.6%
24	Butler County	54.7	+0.2%
24	Grant County	54.7	+0.2%
24	Haskell County	54.7	+0.2%
24	Stanton County	54.7	+0.6%
28	Kiowa County	54.6	-0.2%
28	Reno County	54.6	+0.4%
28	Saline County	54.6	+0.6%
31	Allen County	54.5	-0.2%
32	Ford County	54.4	-0.5%
32	Greenwood County	54.4	+0.2%
32	Pratt County	54.4	-0.2%
35	Coffey County	54.3	+0.7%
35	Hodgeman County	54.3	-0.4%
37	Edwards County	54.2	-0.4%
37	Ellsworth County	54.2	+0.4%
37	Gray County	54.2	-0.7%
40	Kearny County	54.1	-0.4%
40	McPherson County	54.1	+0.4%
40	Osage County	54.1	+1.1%
43	Dickinson County	54	+0.4%
43	Finney County	54	-0.4%
43	Pawnee County	54	-0.4%
43	Rice County	54	+0.2%
47	Hamilton County	53.9	+0.2%
47	Linn County	53.9	-0.6%
47	Ness County	53.9	0%
47	Rush County	53.9	-0.2%
51	Barton County	53.8	0%
51	Lincoln County	53.8	+0.6%
51	Lyon County	53.8	+0.6%
51	Ottawa County	53.8	+0.7%
51	Russell County	53.8	-0.2%
56	Anderson County	53.7	-0.2%
56	Douglas County	53.7	-0.6%
56	Franklin County	53.7	-0.2%
56	Marion County	53.7	+0.6%
56	Stafford County	53.7	-0.4%
61	Chase County	53.5	+0.2%
61	Ellis County	53.5	-0.6%
61	Shawnee County	53.5	0%
64	Geary County	53.4	0%
64	Lane County	53.4	+0.2%
64	Trego County	53.4	-0.2%
67	Miami County	53.3	-0.6%
67	Morris County	53.3	+0.4%
69	Jefferson County	53.2	-0.7%
69	Scott County	53.2	0%
71	Leavenworth County	53.1	-0.9%
71	Rooks County	53.1	-0.4%
71	Wyandotte County	53.1	-0.9%
74	Johnson County	53	-0.9%
74	Wabaunsee County	53	+0.4%
76	Gove County	52.9	-0.2%
76	Wichita County	52.9	0%
78	Graham County	52.8	-0.6%
78	Riley County	52.8	0%
80	Clay County	52.7	0%
80	Osborne County	52.7	-0.2%
82	Logan County	52.6	-0.2%
83	Mitchell County	52.5	+0.2%
84	Cloud County	52.4	0%
85	Greeley County	52.3	0%
85	Pottawatomie County	52.3	0%
87	Sheridan County	52.2	-0.6%
88	Jackson County	52.1	-0.6%
88	Wallace County	52.1	0%
90	Atchison County	51.9	-1.3%
90	Phillips County	51.9	-0.4%
92	Norton County	51.6	-0.6%
92	Smith County	51.6	+0.2%
92	Thomas County	51.6	-0.4%
95	Cheyenne County	51.5	+0.2%
95	Decatur County	51.5	-0.6%
95	Rawlins County	51.5	-0.2%
95	Washington County	51.5	+0.2%
99	Doniphan County	51.4	-1.2%
99	Sherman County	51.4	+0.2%
101	Jewell County	51.3	-0.2%
101	Republic County	51.3	-0.2%
103	Brown County	51.2	-0.8%
104	Marshall County	50.8	-0.2%
105	Nemaha County	50.6	-1%

Other periods

About this ranking

Mean air temperature from January to December, in degrees Fahrenheit: the average of the 12 monthly mean temperatures. NOAA computes it from its climate divisional dataset (nClimDiv): station readings interpolated onto a 5 km grid and averaged over the area.

Values are area averages, so a county with mountains and valleys has one value for very different local climates. NOAA revises the last two years every month.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Climate at a Glance. NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, counties. From the NOAA Monthly U.S. Climate Divisional Database (nClimDiv), doi:10.7289/V5M32STR. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/county/mapping. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. (2026). NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, counties (Counties in Kansas by average annual temperature, 2014) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/county/mapping

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NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, counties, Counties in Kansas by average annual temperature, 2014. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 6 Oct. 2026, https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/county/mapping. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/average-annual-temperature/kansas-counties?period=2014. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. 2026. NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, counties. Counties in Kansas by average annual temperature, 2014. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/county/mapping. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/average-annual-temperature/kansas-counties?period=2014.

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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (2026) NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, counties, Counties in Kansas by average annual temperature, 2014 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/county/mapping, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/average-annual-temperature/kansas-counties?period=2014 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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@misc{noaa_counties_in_kansas_by_2014,
  author = {{NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information}},
  title = {{NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, counties: Counties in Kansas by average annual temperature, 2014}},
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  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/county/mapping},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/average-annual-temperature/kansas-counties?period=2014. Publisher attribution: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Climate at a Glance. NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December average temperature, counties. From the NOAA Monthly U.S. Climate Divisional Database (nClimDiv), doi:10.7289/V5M32STR. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/county/mapping. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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Which county has the highest average annual temperature?

Sumner County, with 56.8 °F in 2014, according to NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

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Nemaha County, with 50.6 °F in 2014.

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